Developing Skills of Analysis and Interpretation of Author's Russian Punctuation among International Students of Philology

Introduction. Under modern conditions of teaching Russian as a foreign language, the problem of developing the skills of analyzing and interpreting author's punctuation among international students is becoming particularly relevant. Despite the importance of punctuation literacy for a full understanding of a literary text, this aspect of learning often remains insufficiently studied. The purpose of the research is to identify methods for the development of international students' skills to analyze and interpret author's punctuation solutions in texts. Materials and Methods. The theoretical and analytical method was applied, which made it possible to clarify the concept of "author's punctuation" based on the analysis of linguistic literature and to assess the state of development of the problem of teaching interpretation of punctuation solutions in the methodological literature on Russian as a foreign language and stylistics. The method of descriptive analysis and continuous sampling was used: examples of author's punctuation from literary texts were selected and classified, and similar examples were compiled based on the type of punctuation marks and their stylistic functions. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the influence of punctuation solutions on the realization of the author's idea. Results. The author's punctuation exercises are presented for studying in the framework of Russian as a foreign language. The objectives of the exercises are outlined. At the basic level, students are just getting to know the topic. Deep learning is possible at the advanced level (B2-C1). Discussion and Conclusion. The novelty of the work lies in the development of a methodology for analyzing and interpreting author's punctuation for international students and creating a set of exercises for developing these skills within the framework of stylistic analysis. Methodological solutions can be integrated into programs for philology students, contributing to the development of their linguistic and communicative competencies.